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PATBNTBD MAY 2a. 1907. P. ELLEAU. y

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APPLIOATION FILED APE.14.1906.

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No. 855,392. PATENTED MAY 28, 1907.

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APPLIOATION FILED APB.14,1906.

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` Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1907.

Application filed April 14, 1906. Serial No. 311,707.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FAULINE ELLEAU,a citizen of the United States,residing at Seattle, in the county of King, State o f l/Vashington, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Signs; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to signs andmore particularly to that class whichare used to Indicate the number of a house at night, the object of theinvention being to provide a sign of such construction that the lightnecessary for the sign may also be utilized to illuminate the hall ofthe house to which it is ap lied.

n the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of my inventionapplied to a door or wall. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional viewtherethrough. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the blocks. Fig.lis a vertical sectional view therethrough in detail, and Fig. 5 is adetail view partly in section of one end of the sign frame.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, 5 denotes the door or wallof a house through which is formed an opening 6 of sufficient size toreceive an electric lightbulb 7 of the ordinary construction, the socketof the bulb being secured to one wall of the opening.

Secured to the outer face of the door or wall is a frame which surroundsthe opening therein and which comprises upper and lower rails 8 and 9respectively and stiles 10 and 11. The rails 8 and 9 are flanged as atl2 throughout their length and along their opposing edges, the edges ofthe flanges being in alinement with the corresponding edges oftheopening 6 thereby forming grooves 13.

The numeral 14 denotes the sign blocks of the device which are designedto be interchangeably supported in the frame in a manner to bedescribed. Each of these blocks is formed of glass or other transparentmaterial, is oubical in form and is provided at the rear:edges of itsupper and lower faces with flanges 15 which seatgin the grooves 13 andserve to hold the block in the frame. In order that the blocks may bereadilyremovedfrom the frame for the insertion of new ones or fortheinsertion of a new bulb 7, the stile 11 of the frame is formedseparate from the remainder thereof and is pivoted to the end of ltheupper rail 8 as at 16 so that it may be swung out of the Way when it isdesired to remove or insert the blocks 14. After the blocks have beenproperly arranged the stile is returned to its normal position and issecured by means of a screw 1 7 which is engaged through the lower endof the stile and into the end of the rail 9 of the frame.

As stated', the body of each block is formed of transparent glass andeach block is rovided upon its front face with a raised-c a'racter orcharacters 18 of any desired form. The characters 18 are formed ofopaque glass and are molded integral with the body 14 of theirrespective blocks as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

In order that the light necessary for the proper illumination of thesign may be utilized to light the hall or vestibule of the house, a paneof glass 19 is supported upon the inner face of the door or wall bymeans of a suitable frame 20.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is

The combination, with a door-frame having an opening therethrough, of alamp placed in said opening, a transparent pane of glass back of saidopening, a frame on the out-side margin of said opening and transparentsign elements having opaque characters on their faces adapted to besupported in the said frame, whereby an illuminated sign is formed onthe outside of the doorframe, and thelanip is made to illuminate theapartment or hall inside the door-frame.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

PAULIN E ELLEAU.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK C. RHoADEs, WILLIAM A. GREENE.

